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Obama team on Syria: All options are on table

The administration is pushing back on a story that President Obama has ordered the Pentagon to develop a no-fly zone over Syria, but also says they haven't ruled anything out. "I'm not going to discuss our

Obama team on Syria: All options are on table

The administration is pushing back on a story that President Obama has ordered the Pentagon to develop a no-fly zone over Syria, but also says it hasn't ruled anything out.

"I'm not going to discuss our internal deliberations, but we have said for many months that the administration is prepared for a variety of contingencies in Syria and all options are on the table," said Caitlin Hayden, spokeswoman for the National Security Council.

The Daily Beast is reporting that "the White House has asked the Pentagon to draw up plans for a no-fly zone inside Syria that would be enforced by the U.S. and other countries such as France and Great Britain."

The story added that no decisions have been made as the administration decides how -- or whether -- to respond to the civil war in Syria.

Pentagon spokesman George Little said, "there is no new military planning effort underway with regard to Syria. The Joint Staff, along with the relevant combatant commanders, continue to conduct prudent planning for a range of possible military options."

The Daily Beast cited Obama's "dual-track strategy of continuing to pursue a political solution to the two-year-old uprising in Syria while also preparing for more direct U.S. military involvement includes authorizing the Joint Chiefs of Staff for the first time to plan for multilateral military actions inside Syria."